Eclipse Folklore as Inspiration: A Creative Writing Workshop with GennaRose Nethercott
Unleash your creativity under the shadow of the upcoming solar eclipse. Eclipses have meant many things to many people throughout history--from end times omens to cosmic messages. In this workshop, we'll take a tour through eclipse folklore, myths, and superstitions, and then reimagine these old stories to create new ones of our own. Open to all levels of writing experience, this is a generative workshop; walk in with a blank page, and walk out with new writing!
GENNAROSE NETHERCOTT is the author of a novel, Thistlefoot, the soon to be published Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart, and a book-length poem, The Lumberjack's Dove, which was selected by Louise Glück as a winner of the National Poetry Series. As a folklorist, she helps create the podcasts Lore and Harlots, the latter of which she also hosts, and she tours nationally and internationally performing strange tales (sometimes with puppets in tow). She lives in the woodlands of Brattleboro, beside an old cemetery.
Open to all levels of writing, ages 14 and up. Bring a notebook and something to write with--no other materials needed. Held at Broad Brook Community Center. No charge. For more information call 802-257-4603 or email staff@guilfordfreelibraryvt.org
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